re: Atlanta Season 2 Thread

Trying to Stunt on Mike Vick hahaha
This is the best show on tv.

in case anyone missed the connection, that was a joke on the woman who lost her shite over vince staples song norf, norf

Hope we hear on the radio in the background his body was found somewhere

So in the hookah bar, was the owner being black but still messing with Earn significant? I know Glover has meaning in everything but I was trying to figure it out. Was it “colorism” since they were both light skinned and he was dark, or was he trying to say something like him being an Uncle Tom since he sounded like he was African or Caribbean?

Its kind of a ongoing thing in the show. My first thoughts that the guy was African like the guy in season one at the strip club that was trying not to pay Earn for the appearance. Its playing off a stereotype about these guys trying to take advantage of people.

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So in the hookah bar, was the owner being black but still messing with Earn significant? I know Glover has meaning in everything but I was trying to figure it out. Was it “colorism” since they were both light skinned and he was dark, or was he trying to say something like him being an Uncle Tom since he sounded like he was African or Caribbean?

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It's significant because the owner is West African. He is a first generation immigrant who owns his business. However, he openly discriminates against black Americans. This is probably an extremely representative encounter for a guy like Stephen Glover (maybe not Donald). There is a shite ton of tension between black Americans and other non-white groups, especially Hispanics, Africans, and Asian Americans (i.e. South Koreans in West LA), and it was a nice contrast to Earn's interactions with the white movie theater cashier and Tracy's interview with the white business owner who told him he had a lot of potential but they didn't have an opening at the moment..

Also, I never saw the Norf Norf mommy blogger video but that was amazing. The part where she starts breaking down at the part where he says "Hoes need abortions" was perhaps the best part of it. Great work by Donald Glover with both that and the Bobby Shmurda dancing reference.

I do agree with the earlier poster who said it was unrealistic that Earn would spend his money on a strip club when he's still living in a storage unit. In particular, Vanessa would get on his case for doing that, rather than going to the strip club with him.

Also Tracy reminds me of Dom from Entourage.

I just finished episode 3. Earn's character really annoys me sometimes. He always complain about being broke. Yet, as soon as he come up on some money, he proceeds to spend half of his money at the strip club. For someone who portrays himself as being a very intelligent guy who just can't catch a break, he is extremely stupid at times.

Also the Alligator scene with katt Williams running away may be one of the funniest moments on the show. It was reminiscent of Katt running away from Damon in Friday after next.

Earn spending money like an idiot makes the character even more realistic. How many people from poor backgrounds save money and spend it correctly? To be fair also it started out as only taking her on a date to the movies, then to a hookah bar, not a wild night at the strip club.

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Not gonna lie. I would easily pay for the opportunity to lose to Michael Vick in a race.

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Just got a chance to catch the last ep.

That Michael Vick scene might be the GOAT cameo. That shite was hilarious. Such a surreal but possibly realistic scenario


Great episode, probably one of my favorites of the series.

Like someone else said, no way that sound guy from the studio lives

on my U-verse.. I clicked on tonights' summary and all it says is
" Helen"- When you go outside the city, people act different. That's why I can't even go to Marietta, too weird.